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Indie RPG and boardgame designer, co-host of The Mixed Six and RPPR, agonizer over third thing to list, and failure in the fourth. Oh, and he/him.
Sep 10, 2021 57 tweets 8 min read
1) @JohnScottTynes literally asked for it. I’d first like to say that, as much as I love historical materialism, you can’t dismiss the raw movie-making talent of the Wachowski sisters. Everything in the first film went right.

thestranger.com/slog/2021/09/0… 2) The marketing department? I thought I was seeing a dumb action movie, but when Neo wakes up in the goo, I was as shocked as he was. The level of messaging control to get that kind of surprise in theaters is not something I’ve not been lucky enough to see before or since.
Jul 31, 2021 28 tweets 6 min read
Economic Horror (Isssue 999+): Hey, I just became a self-employed writer of middling success. Here’s why, in the US, I’m literally afraid to go pick up the prescription medication I already paid for #contentwarning #economictrauma #medicaldebt #mentalhealth I’m very lucky and well-supported by a wonderful community of friends, readers, and players. That means I can afford a decent enough plan — which means monthly co-pays in the $400 range.